Metal railway-tie.



J. HEINONEN.

METAL RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.24, 1910.

977,798. Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

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METAL RAILWAYTIE. APPLICATION FILED mam, 1910.

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To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Hn'nvonnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brush Prairie, in the county of Clarke, State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Railway-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in railway ties and has for one of its objects to provide a simple tie constructed wholly of a piece of metal bent into the required shape and reinforced longitudinally.

Another object of the invention is to provide a metal railway tie formed from a single plate of metal bent into the required shape and reinforced longitudinally and provided with rail recesses, and so arranged that the binding bolts whereby the rails are supported in position are also utilized to fasten the reinforcing portions of the device to the body of a tie.

\Vith these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described; and, then specifically pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the blank from which the improved tie is produced. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improved tie with the rails arranged thereon and in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improved tie with one of the rails thereon. Fig. t is an end elevation of the improved tie. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

The improved tie is constructed wholly from a single plate of metal represented as a whole at 10 in Fig. l, and is bent into the required shape, and the form of the plate prior to being bent is represented in Fig. 1, and is formed with two depressions 1112 extending partly through the metal of the plate and spaced apart a distance equal to the space between the rails, the depressions 1112 being designed to form seats to receive the rails when the tie is bent into shape as hereinafter explained. Formed in the edges of the plate 10 opposite to the depressions 1112 are recesses 13, the object to be hereinafter described: The plate 10 is bent along the dotted lines 14 into the shape shown in Figs. 2 and 3, that is to say, bent Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 24, 1910.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910. Serial No. 578,645.

into oblong form transversely, with vertical webs 1516 bearing face to face mid-way between the side walls 17-18 of the body of the tie and with flanges 1920 bearing beneath the top portion 21. By this means the tie is formed into two equal compartments extending longitudinally of the tie with the webs 1516 arranged centrally thereof and supporting the upper member 21. The depressions 11--12 are of sufiicient length so that when the tie is bent into the shape shown in Figs. a and 5 the depressions will extend over the entire width of the top member 21, and form seats for the rails represented at 22. When the tie is bent into the form shown in Figs. 1 and 5 the recesses 13 come wholly within the flanges 1920 and bear around the under sides of the depressions 11-12, so that the body portions of the flanges bear against the under face of the upper web 21 of the tie. The flanges l920 are secured by suitable rivets 23 to the upper web 21, and the upper web and the flanges are provided with registering apertures or slots 24 to receive the bolts 25 by which the rails are secured in place, the bolts having laterally extending heads 27 to bear upon the tie flanges of the rails. The bolts 25 are provided with binding nuts 28 on their lower ends and engage against the lower faces of the flanges, so that the binding bolts 25 perform the two-fold function of means for clamping the upper web 21 to the flanges, and also means for holding the rails in place. The depressions 11-12 are formed angular at one side, and are wider than the tie flanges of the rails, to provide means for the insertion of wedging keys 29 which form means for tying the rails firmly in position and preventing lateral movement.

The heads 27 of the bolts extend over the keys 29, and likewise extend over a portion of the tie flanges of the rails,-so that the bolt heads prevent any upward movement or vertical displacement of the keys.

The plate 10 may be of any required thickness or gage of metal, and will be of the ordinary length of a railway tie, usually about eight feet, and of sufficient width so that when bent into the required shape the tubular member will be of the usual size of a metal tie, or about eight inches wide and four inches thick, but these dimensions may be varied if required. The wedge keys 29 will be long enough at the smaller end to project beyond the tie so that the projecting end can be bent down over the tie as indicated in Fig. 3, to prevent the displacement of the key.

What is claimed is 1. A railway tie constructed of a plate of metal bent to form an oblong tube with a continuous top and a divided bottom and central vertical webs bearing back to back and extending between the top and bottom members, the upper edges of the vertical webs being extended laterally and bearing beneath the continuous top, and fastening devices extending through the flanges and the continuous top.

2. A railway tie constructed of a plate of metal bent to form an oblong tube with a continuous top having rail receiving depressions and a divided bottom and with central vertical webs bearing back to back and extending between the top and bottom members, the upper edges of the vertical webs being extended laterally and bearing beneath the continuous top, and fastening devices extending through the flanges and the continuous top and provided with lateral heads for bearing upon the rails supported in said depressions.

3. A railway tie constructed of a plate of metal bent to form an oblong tube With acontinuous top having rail receiving depressions oblique atone side to the transverse axis of the tie, and a divided bottom and central vertical Webs bearing back to back and extending between the top and bottom members, the upper edges of the Vertical webs being extended laterally andbearing beneath the continuous top, fastening devices extending through the flanges and the continuous top and provided with lateral heads for bearing upon the rails supportedin said depressions, and wedge keys Within said depressions and bearing against the rail and the oblique sides ofthe depressions.

In testnnony whereof, I aflix my signature, 111 presence of two wltnesses.

JOHN HE INONEN. \Vitnesses J P. CLANOY, LLOYD BIN. 

